Research Article
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries among Workers in Microscale and Small-Scale Woodworking Enterprise in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 3
Characteristics of nonfatal occupational injuries among injured respondents in the woodworking enterprises, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| | Variables | Number (%) |
| | Nonfatal occupational injury (n = 625) | | Yes | 92 (14.7) | | No | 533 (85.3) |
| | Injury frequency (n = 92) | | One time | 89 (96.8) | | Two and more | 3 (3.2) |
| | Parts of the body affected (n = 92) | | Hand | 4 (4.3) | | Foot | 1 (1.1) | | Hand finger | 63 (68.5) | | Head | 3 (3.3) | | Lower arm | 12 (13.0) | | Upper leg | 1 (1.1) | | Lower leg | 8 (8.7) |
| | Cause of injury (n = 92) | | Slip | 2 (2.2) | | Fall-same level | 2 (2.2) | | Falling object from a height | 4 (4.3) | | Contact with machine blade | 63 (68.5) | | Splintering objects | 10 (10.9) | | Nonpowdered saw | 3 (3.2) | | Other | 8 (8.7) |
| | Activity while injured (n = 92) | | Cutting | 52 (56.5) | | Smoothing, creating patterns, and shaping | 22 (23.9) | | Other work in production process | 18 (19.6) |
| | Day of injuries (n = 92) | | Monday | 31 (33.7) | | Tuesday | 7 (7.6) | | Wednesday | 7 (7.6) | | Thursday | 9 (9.8) | | Friday | 3 (3.3) | | Saturday | 25 (27.2) | | Sunday | 3 (3.2) | | Did not remember | 7 (7.6) |
| | Time of injury (n = 92) | | Morning (7:00 am–1:30 pm) | 50 (54.4) | | Afternoon (1:30 pm–5:30 pm) | 28 (30.4) | | Evening (5:30 pm–10:00 pm) | 13 (14.1) | | Did not remember | 1 (1.1) |
| | Days lost due to injury (n = 92) | | ≤3 days | 40 (43.5) | | >3 days | 52 (56.5) |
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